Employment

Articles

4 Apr 2011

Update: employment

Sue Ashtiany reviews the new retirement rules, additional paternity leave and recent decisions on unfair dismissal

22 Mar 2011

Methodist minister can claim unfair dismissal

A Methodist minister who resigned from her post in Cornwall was an employee and can claim unfair dismissal, the EAT has ruled.

1 Feb 2011

Cable relies on Acas and fees to cut employment tribunal claims

Business secretary Vince Cable has launched plans to cut the number of employment tribunal claims by requiring them to be lodged with Acas in the hope of achieving early settlements.

1 Feb 2011

Update: wills and probate

Helen Bryant considers cases on testamentary capacity, mutual wills, gift aid and valuation principles for 'related property'

27 Jan 2011

Employment tribunal claims must be lodged with Acas, Cable says

Business secretary Vince Cable launched plans this morning to cut the number of employment tribunal claims by requiring all of them to be lodged with Acas.

17 Jan 2011

Campaign to save civil legal aid boosted by justice committee inquiry

Justice for All, a campaign to save free civil legal advice from disappearing as a result of the government's drastic legal aid cuts, has been launched at the House of Commons.

17 Jan 2011

Update: immigration

Jane Coker reviews the tribunals' latest attitudes towards article 8 and how it plays out in deportation cases

10 Jan 2011

'Employer's charter' to protect firms from claims

The prime minister, David Cameron, is to launch an overhaul of employment law to give employers more protection from claims by workers.